Description

Reproduction of the Dutch Identity Card, ‘Persoonsbewijs’. With the three Dutch lions as a watermark. Hold it against the light and you will see them.

During the German occupation of the Netherlands every Dutch person with the age of 14 and above had to carry an ID card. This card was developed in order of the occupier. It was a production from the nazi regime in the Netherlands, and much hated by the Dutch. The ‘Persoonsbewijs’ was issued from april 1941 on.